Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Faculty of Science

Honours Thesis and Honours Presentation Awards

The Best Honours Thesis Award is awarded annually to the the student who is judged to have submitted and defended the best Honours Thesis.

  • 2026 Award Recipients: 
    Isaac Bahler (Earth Sciences)
    Meghan Runge (Environmental Science)

The Best Honours Thesis Presentation Award is awarded annually to the student that is judged to have given the best Honours Thesis presentation.

  • 2026 Recipients:
    Sydney Thompson (Earth Sciences)
    Rebecca Pietrosanu (Environmental Science)

Previous Recipients

  Best Thesis Award Best Thesis Presentation Award
2025 Alex Bevilacqua (Earth Sciences)
Robyn Hirsch (Environmental Science)		 Bailey Grondin (Earth Science)
Sasha Chilibeck (Environmental Science)
2024 Lauren Kew (Earth Sciences)
Rosie Bleyer (Environmental Science)		 Lauren Kew (Earth Science)
Sarah MacDonald (Environmental Science)
2023 Megan MacDonald (Earth Sciences)
Geneva Bahen (Environmental Science)		 Erin Hilliard (Earth Science)
Catherine Brenan (Environmental Science)
2022 Kathleen Clark (ERTH)
Hope Moon (ENVS)		 Michael Powell (ERTH)
Camryn Gallagher (ENVS)
2021 Michael Kishchuk (ERTH)
Nina Garrett (ENVS)		 Anna Ryan (ERTH)
Andrew Willms (ENVS)
2020 Benjamin Myrer (ERTH)
Jordan Haughn (ENVS)		 Olivia Rolfe (ERTH)
Julia Fast (ENVS)
2019 Julia Baak (ENVS)
Catherine Evans (ERTH)		 Catherine Evans (ERTH)
2018 Reya Manerikar (ENVS)
Jacob VanderWal (ERTH)		 Graham Kerford (ERTH)
2017 Yvonne Ritchie (ENVS)
Corin Jorgenson (ERTH)		 Erin Anderson (ERTH)
2016 Paige Marvel (ENVS)
Robert Varcoe (ERTH)		 Elliot McLauchlan (ERTH)
2015 Jillian Kendrick (ERTH) Jillian Kendrick (ERTH)
2014 Siobhan McGoldrick (ERTH) Siobhan McGoldrick (ERTH)
2013 John Hirshmiller (ERTH) Evan Slater (ERTH)
2012 Mark Higgins (ERTH)  
2011 Jessica Wilson (ERTH)  
2010 Fiona Gallacher (ERTH)  
2009 Luke Hilchie (ERTH)  
2008 Christopher Yakymchuk (ERTH)  
2007 Jared Butler (ERTH)  
2006 Samantha Jones (ERTH)  
2005 Maureen White (ERTH)  
2004 Christopher Hamilton (ERTH)